Jerome ZUBRICKY

Profile Updated: September 11, 2011

Residing In:	Etna, CA USA

Spouse/Partner:	Mary Zupan Zubricky

Occupation:	Priest and retired business man

Children:	Justina 45, Laura 41, Susanna36, Michael 31

Professional title

Father Jerome Zubricky

High School nickname

Jerry

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19688 Purnell Ave, Rocky River

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Through high school I worked at Dingfield Hardware on Detroit Rd. After graduating I spent one more year working at the hardware and attended Fenn College evenings. The following September I enrolled in the University of Toledo School of Business. After three years at the University of Toledo and working part time, I took time off from school and took a job as a loan officer. I worked for two different financial companies and was transferred back to Cleveland in 1965.

In 1965 I married my wife Mary (Marilyn Zupan, class of 1961, Magnificat High School). Mary graduated as a registered nurse from Mercy School of Nursing in Toledo in 1965. We were blessed with five children, two boys and three girls. Our oldest son, Jerry, died tragically between his freshman and sophomore years at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio in 1983. Our children, so far, have blessed us with twelve grandchildren.

I worked in industrial sales from 1967 to 1969. In 1969 I founded Jemlyn Inc.; a manufacturing company that I located in Wellington Ohio. We manufactured component parts for the automotive and appliance industry. I sold the company in 1984 in order to move to northern California.

About the time I was starting Jemlyn I purchased a small 40 acre farm in Ashland County. It was a wonderful place to raise children, not to mention cows, pigs, and chickens. We have many fond memories from this period in our lives and still visit the area on occasion.

Mary and I were raised Roman Catholic. In 1981 we and our children converted to the Greek Orthodox faith. In 1984 we purchased a restaurant in Etna, California, a small rural mountain community in northern California, not far from the Oregon border. This enabled us to be close to a monastery and convent with which we were affiliated. We still live in the valley at the foot of a mountain (our elevation is about 3000 feet). The trees, mountains and lakes are beautiful here, with an air quality that is amazing. It is a wonderful place to live a quiet contemplative life.

After less than two years I decided that the restaurant business was not for me (owning a restaurant is definitely not conducive to a quiet or contemplative life) so I sold it. I started a mail order business, Eastern Christian Supply Co., (Al Gore’s internet was still in its infancy) importing and selling traditional church supplies from Greece and Russia. We were one of the early adopters of internet commerce and did fairly well. I ran that business until selling it in December 2005, but not before starting Brass and Silver Traditions (brassandsilvertraditions.com) in early 2005, importing and selling high quality brass, silver, and pewter items from India. One of my daughters now runs that business from Santa Barbara, California, and has just opened her first small retail outlet.

In 1986 I traveled to Greece for the second time and was ordained a priest in a traditional Greek Orthodox jurisdiction. I continue my studies at The Center for Traditional Orthodox Studies here in Etna. I serve our small parish church here and assist, on occasion, at our local convent and monastery with the assistance of my lovely wife, Mary. We are thankful for our many blessings.

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